CPC B06B 1/0215 (2013.01) [B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 1/0651 (2013.01); B06B 1/0662 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B81C 1/00166 (2013.01); G01N 29/0654 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0271 (2013.01); B81B 2203/04 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0157 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0178 (2013.01); G01N 29/22 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of exciting a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer, the method comprising:
applying a sequence of half-wave pulses to the capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer to excite a continuous wave mode, wherein the capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer outputs a continuous wave of ultrasound energy in the continuous wave mode.
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